Beginning Backpack [Farming]

As the temperature rises, the peach trees in front of the house gradually flourish. Shen Huaijin can't help recalling the juicy and sweet taste of the pink and white peach flesh.He pushed aside the thick green peach leaves, looking for the little peaches that were still young under the cover.

The peaches are still full of green, hard to the touch, not at all ripe.

It seems that it has yet to be catalyzed by the years.

Shen Huaijin covered the leaves back, picked some peach gum from the tree trunk, washed it several times in clear stream water and soaked it, planning to stew a dessert when he had time.

After soaking all the peach gum, Shen Huaijin suddenly realized that the bamboo strips in the cement pool had been greened for a long time, probably ten days.

He took tools, fished out the finished bamboo sticks, and sent them to the stream flowing downstream one by one to wash away the remaining lime water on them.

At this time, the bamboo strips have softened a lot, and the green skin on the surface has become mottled. A scrape with a knife can reveal the white bamboo fibers inside.

He simply sat on a big rock on the bank of the stream, and while washing away the remaining impurities, he scraped off the green skin of the bamboo, leaving only the soft bamboo fibers to dry aside, waiting to be cooked.

From time to time, members of the tribe who come and go will help, saving Shen Huaijin a lot of energy.

Before it was time to hunt in the afternoon, Qi led a few orcs who were temporarily free to come to help, washing, scraping, drying, forming an assembly line work, one of the young orcs said casually: "Jin, next time you encounter these things , you just tell us directly and let us do it.”

Shen Huaijin kept moving, but said with a smile: "You think I'm happy to rush in and out? When you are really free, of course you have to do all these things."

The orc said "hey", knowing that Shen Huaijin was worried that everyone would be too tired, so he did his best to take over all these jobs, "Aren't we afraid that you will work too hard alone?"

Shen Huaijin shook her head slightly, with a calm expression, "With your help, I can't be tired of these tasks at all. But to be honest, when you are free, you really have to do these things slowly, otherwise I can do it with just me. The output of one person cannot meet the needs of an entire tribe."

"That's not bad." Qi spat out the grass stalk he was holding in his mouth with a "bah", and nodded in agreement, "I watched you and Li Shouye steaming bamboo before, ouch, it's okay to be an orc , Jin, you can't sleep at night, it's really hard."

"This happened so long ago." Shen Huaijin turned her head a little embarrassedly, but her tone was filled with relief, "Now that I have experience, the situation is much better, and I don't have to stay by the side day and night."

While speaking, a tall pile had already been built by the stream.Shen Huaijin made an estimate, and suggested: "I guess all the bamboos need to be steamed in at least two batches, or don't waste time, steam these first."

"Okay." The orcs responded in unison, and everyone rolled up the piles of bamboo fibers on the ground, and pushed them to the stove in handfuls.

After Shen Huaijin lit a fire, the batch of bamboo fibers began a seven or eight day cooking process.

After steaming the bamboo, the orcs, who had been procrastinating, had to start hunting.Qi glanced around, clicked his tongue, and said in a disgusted tone: "It's true, Li, I didn't pile up more firewood for you. Jin, when we come back from hunting later, we will also help you fight the fire." bring back the wood."

Shen Huaijin glanced at the pile of firewood that was almost half a wall high beside the shed, she didn't have the slightest intention to argue against Li, but said very calmly: "...then I will trouble you."

After seeing everyone off, Shen Huaijin, who had been busy for most of the day, also had some back pain. She couldn't help the heat in the afternoon, so she had to hide under the shed to enjoy the cool.After all, two buckets of bamboo cannot be steamed at one time, and there is no need to worry about the remaining bamboo fibers that have not been cleaned, just talk about it in two days.

The footsteps of the hot season are getting closer, and the valley at noon has already had a scorching temperature.

"The weather is so hot, my sour bamboo shoots should be marinated." Shen Huaijin dangling her calf, muttering to herself.

In this kind of weather, under normal circumstances, 20 to [-] days of marinating is almost enough. He already has a little too much time, and if left for a longer time, it may be prone to spoilage.

Thinking of this, Shen Huaijin couldn't sit still anymore, he jumped off the railing, walked quickly into the thatched cottage under the sun, found a well-sealed kimchi jar, and carefully lifted the lid.

As soon as he opened it, a sour, strong and domineering aura rushed over his face, making him a little out of breath for a while, but the smell quickly dissipated, and it won't make people feel uncomfortable after getting familiar with it.

The sour bamboo shoots in the jar have changed from pure white to bright yellow. Shen Huaijin picks up one to taste with clean chopsticks.What is amazing is that when the sour bamboo shoots are eaten in the mouth, people will not pay attention to the smell that is close to stinky, but only feel the sour and refreshing feeling, which is so rich and overbearing that it is amazing.

Even so, Shen Huaijin still couldn't eat the sour bamboo shoots dry. He originally planned to use them to cook fragrant, smelly and addictive snail noodles.

Shen Huaijin resealed the lid and put it back in a dark place for storage, then took out a jar of rice noodles from another corner, planning to make vermicelli first.

The clear cool white leaves form a thin line from top to bottom, washing the white and delicate rice flour and starch mixture into scales.Shen Huaijin stirred while pouring water, kneaded the rice flour and water little by little to form a dough, and then squeezed the dough into strip-shaped rice noodles through a fine-hole colander.

Shen Huaijin was a little flustered at first, but after a few tries, the force gradually became even, and the rice noodles that were extruded became uniform in thickness, smooth and resilient.

He scalded the extruded rice noodles in boiling water until they were formed, then quickly fished them out and dried them on the bamboo poles prepared in advance.The fresh rice noodles just out of the pot are white and crystal clear, and the dripping water droplets have gathered to form a dark pool on the ground, and the rice noodles have gradually become dry and hard under the catalysis of the breeze and temperature.

In order to pursue the soft taste after cooking, Shen Huaijin paid special attention to drying in a dark place.After turning around, he saw that there was indeed no light hitting the vermicelli, so he went to cook the food for the evening with confidence.

When Li Wanwan came back, at first glance he thought he was making sweet potato vermicelli, with a curious expression on his face, "Jin, have you finished eating the vermicelli at home? If not enough, I will exchange it with Lin and the others, so you don't have to work so hard to make another batch."

"No." Shen Huaijin shook his head inexplicably to explain, pointing to the slightly yellowed vermicelli after drying and explaining: "This is rice vermicelli made from rice, and it is still different from sweet potato vermicelli."

"Does it taste different?" Li asked.In his eyes, the difference between sweet potato vermicelli and potato vermicelli is not that big.

"This tastes more chewy." Shen Huaijin gave a thumbs up, "Didn't you pickle the sour bamboo shoots before, it's really good to cook snail noodles with this for you to try."

"Snail noodles?" Li slightly raised his eyebrows, and said casually, "Does that mean we have to touch some snails?"

"Yes." Shen Huaijin nodded as a matter of course, "The snails have to be raised for a day or two to spit sand, anyway, you have nothing to do tomorrow morning, why don't you come with me to touch the snails by the big river."

But unexpectedly, Li, who had always been obedient to him, refused hesitantly.

"It won't work in these two days." He said it concisely, but he was afraid that Shen Huaijin would think too much after he said it, so he quickly added an explanation: "The main body of the city wall will soon be closed. Take it down. It's going to be a pain to work in the sun when it gets hotter."

Shen Huaijin's eyes widened in surprise, and she was a little slurred for a moment when she was excited, "What? You mean the city wall...is it almost ready?"

"Yes." The silver-haired orc smiled, seeing Shen Huaijin's excitement, he nodded with You Rongyan, "I'll take you up the city wall in two days, how about it?"

"Okay!" Shen Huaijin nodded excitedly, with stars shining in her eyes, which made Li's sense of satisfaction expand infinitely.

The orc bit his back molars, pinched Shen Huaijin's cheeks as if venting his anger, fearing that he would be hurt, so he vented his strength.

The dark wheat-colored big hands made Shen Huaijin's complexion fairer, making Li think of flimsy but sharp pieces of white paper, and fragile but cold snow.

Shen Huaijin pulled his generous hand away, and said helplessly, "What are you doing?"

The red marks on his face disappeared in a flash, making Li both satisfied and unconvinced.

"It's nothing." He shrugged with the same expression, "Let's go, wash your hands and go eat."

Shen Huaijin's face was full of bewilderment, but her thoughts were all spent on looking at the valley, so she didn't pay more attention to Li's words and deeds. Even when eating, she didn't have much appetite because of too much anticipation.

As a result, at night, the excitement subsided a bit, and the hunger returned.

He touched his stomach helplessly, and suddenly remembered that he had soaked some peach gum during the day. He shook Li, who was sitting on the side studying the blueprints of the city wall, and said, "Li, are you hungry?"

Li glanced at the man with a sincere face, and there was still something he didn't understand, he sighed, stood up and said, "Let's go, what do you want to eat?"

Shen Huaijin smiled innocently, and said in a low voice, "The peach gum soaked during the day should be almost done, let's cook some dessert."

Not giving the other party a chance to repent, he served the soaked peach gum, and strode out of the wing with a drag.

The floor lamp in front of the house was on, and the dim candlelight shone on the two of them, creating a very warm atmosphere.

After being soaked and moisturized for a whole day, the small peach gums were full of water and slowly stretched out, exposing some impurities in the secretion process, making them more crystal clear.

Shen Huaijin sat opposite Li, carefully removing impurities from the soaked peach gum.

"Actually, peach gum can be used not only for desserts, but also for making soup, or stewing soup with crab powder and tofu. It tastes delicious and soft." Shen Huaijin swallowed uncontrollably as she spoke.

With extremely keen ears, Li couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips, afraid that Shen Huaijin would be shy, and desperately suppressed the urge to laugh out loud, but made the other party notice his weird expression.

"Hey..." Shen Huaijin rolled her eyes, "Laugh if you want to, but it's really delicious that way."

"Cough. Well, when the crabs are fatter, we'll try to make the food you mentioned."

"Okay." Shen Huaijin agreed casually, and while speaking, washed the cleaned peach gum again, took it out and drained it.

At night, he didn't plan to work too much. After stewing peach gum and sugar cubes, poured animal milk, boiled over low heat, and slowly stirred the milk until small bubbles formed.

The milk-flavored stewed peach gum was ready to be taken out of the pot. Shen Huaijin was already hungry, and after a little cooling, he scooped up a large spoonful.

The peach gum is bulging and swollen, and it is more careful when stirring, so the particles are not too small, and there is a slight bursting pleasure when biting down.The peach gum absorbed by the milk tastes richer and smoother, not too sweet, full of fragrance and excellent taste.

Even Li, who has never liked sweets, still has something to say, and Shen Huaijin uncharacteristically wanted to eat a second bowl, but was stopped by Li, "Jin, it's so late, eat less, or you will feel uncomfortable when you wake up the next day." .”

Shen Huaijin thought so, so he had no choice but to give up his beloved peach gum stewed in milk, wash up carefully, and then go to bed to rest.

Thinking of Li's words before going to bed, even though Shen Huaijin's eyes were closed and her voice was vague, she still insisted on saying, "Li, I want to climb up the city wall to have a look."

In a daze, he heard a deep but firm reply.

"it is good."

Everyone lived up to Shen Huaijin's expectations. Five or six days later, when he was still frying bean curd sticks, he heard an explosive shout coming from the valley, which startled him.

Shen Huaijin was stunned for a moment, and in the next second he guessed why everyone was cheering.He hurriedly turned off the fire, and hurried to the mouth of the valley with other members who were also attracted by the sound.

The distance was only a few hundred meters, and Shen Huaijin had seen everything clearly. His pace became faster and faster, and he was almost running at the end.

Li greeted his arrival not far away.

"Jin, did you see that?"

"I saw it." Shen Huaijin murmured.

The stone city wall is more than ten meters high and more than six hundred meters long, compact and thick.The arched city cave is set above the flowing stream, and the bottom is paved with thick stone slabs deep into the foundation for people to walk on.

Shen Huaijin walked up the stairs on both sides, and was the first to step on this silent and great city wall.

The top of the city wall is nearly one meter wide, and it is extremely spacious. Although the place where one's feet step on is not as smooth as brickwork, it is safe for people to walk on.

He touched the rough wall and looked into the distance.

Snow-capped peaks, exposed rocks, dense green forests.The plain stretches as far as the eye can see, and the dark branches grow obliquely and disorderly.This world finally revealed the whole picture to Shen Huaijin.

He let out a long breath.

This world is too strange to him, even if he works hard all the time, the results never seem to be significant.Until today, he set foot on this majestic city wall and looked at the sky and the earth from this perspective for the first time.

This is the first time he realized it deeply.

"I can change the world."

"You will do it." Li's deep but firm voice came from behind.

Shen Huaijin didn't look back, but stretched her hand back silently. The silver-haired beast had a good understanding, took his hand, and slowly and little by little clenched it, giving each other strength.

Even though her mind was hard to calm down, Shen Huaijin was still thinking about the business, and said word by word: "One city is not enough. I am most afraid that according to our current ability, we will not be able to set up a city gate that is comparable to the city wall. It is better to set up another small urn city outside the city gate to strengthen the defense of the city gate."

Li said solemnly: "Jin, I have seen your drawings, I can't say anything else, but we can still do it by nailing a layer of iron sheets on the outside of the city gate."

Shen Huaijin nodded, "None of us could have predicted the power of the beast tide. I hope that the city walls, including the city gates, are as stable as possible."

Before Li Duo could say anything, the noise from the other end had already been heard, and it turned out that everyone also came up to visit in one go.

Among Yigan's exclamations, Li's voice was exceptionally calm and penetrating, "Don't worry, the result will definitely satisfy you."

Shen Huaijin looked at everyone's excitement with a smile, raised her chin at Li, turned around and went down the city wall, with a clear and cheerful voice, "Come on, let them have a good look around, and we'll retire. It just happened that I just blew up some Yuzhu, you come here to deal with the snails from the previous two days, and cook snail noodles today."

"Alright." The silver-haired orc quickly followed.

When he got to his residence, Shen Huaijin realized that half of his bean curd sticks had fallen into the frying pan because of his haste. He shook his head amusedly, and started to fry it again.

Li already consciously chopped the tail of the snail aside, and the sound of duk duk was endless.

Shen Huaijin drank some water, calmed down, and began to prepare food for making snail noodle soup.

He packed minced garlic, shredded ginger, scallion, pepper and perilla separately for later use.After Li had finished chopping the snails and drained the remaining water, Shen Huaijin heated up the oil in a pan, and stir-fried the prepared spices until the fragrance erupted, then poured the snails and stir-fried.

Just like spicy fried snails, under the high-temperature roasting, the juice in the fresh snail meat is fried out, converging into a fresh, spicy and refreshing soup at the bottom of the pot.

Shen Huaijin added an appropriate amount of salt, wine, soy sauce, fish sauce and licorice, added water and simmered over low heat.

Because there is a lot of oil, peppers, and spices, you can clearly see the red soup rolling and smell the delicious snail meat.After stewing for two hours, when all the essence of the snail meat has flowed into the soup, this pot of rich snail powder soup is ready.

Shen Huaijin scooped up a little bit with a spoon to taste the taste. The snail soup was delicious, spicy and not too salty.

It was just right.

He was busy pouring rice noodles into the cold water pot, so he had to greet him sternly, "Go get my sour bamboo shoots from the thatched cottage."

The latter responded, got up and walked around, but when he came back, his voice had completely changed, "Jin!" Li's voice was muffled, "The bamboo shoots you pickled seem to be spoiled."

"How is it possible? I only saw it two days ago." Shen Huaijin covered the pot of cooking powder, frowned and looked back, but saw that Li was pinching his nose with one hand and holding the pickled vegetable jar with the lid off with the other. Far away, he looked like he was facing an enemy.

Shen Huaijin couldn't help laughing, and hurried over to take the jar. "It's not broken." He explained, "Sour bamboo shoots have always tasted like this."

Li obviously didn't believe it, "It smells so bad, how could anyone want to eat it!"

"What do you know? It smells bad and tastes delicious." Shen Huaijin curled her lips, "If you can't accept it, I'll cook it for you without sour bamboo shoots."

Li immediately responded, "Okay, I don't want sour bamboo shoots in my snail noodles."

The rice noodle pot was already bubbling, Shen Huaijin asked Li to watch the heat, while he hurriedly prepared some fresh green grass and soaked dried mushrooms.

He fished out the snails, left the pure snail soup, poured some chili oil on it, and then added soft rice noodles boiled in clear water and dried mushrooms to stew together. Shen Huaijin also added some sour bamboo shoots to his pot.

After the rice noodles are fully cooked, cover them with bean curd sticks and fresh green leafy vegetables, blanch them until soft and cooked, and finally put two poached eggs that are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside before serving out of the pan.

The snail noodles are ready to serve.

The soup noodles are rich in color, with a layer of bright red chili oil floating, as well as dark green leafy vegetables, tender yellow sour bamboo shoots, golden poached eggs and white tender shredded mushrooms.

Shen Huaijin took a deep breath, he was deeply fascinated by the smell that was almost the same as in his impression.He stirred it with chopsticks, and when it cooled down a little, he took a big mouthful of powder.The extremely flexible and chewy rice noodles are soaked in the delicious snail soup, which is smooth, spicy and extremely refreshing.The sour bamboo shoots and green leafy vegetables are crispy, while the poached eggs and bean curd sticks are soaked in soup, and when you bite down, there are still rich juices splashing around.

The rice noodles were smooth, and they went down very quickly one bite at a time. Shen Huaijin quickly finished half a bowl, and when he looked up, he was trying hard to slurp the noodles, the voice was even louder than his, and bad intentions surged up for a while.

"Do you want to try it?"

"What?" Li raised his head, the circles of his eyes and lips were a little red from the heat, and he looked at Shen Huaijin who was smiling strangely for no reason.

"That's it..." Shen Huaijin dragged his tone, and while Li Quan was concentrating on what he said, he quickly put a large piece of sour bamboo shoots in his bowl into the opponent's bowl.

"Jin!" Li wailed, and it didn't take long for him to react. He got up and grabbed Shen Huaijin who was opposite, but the latter turned around flexibly to dodge.

Shen Huaijin strolled around the stone table, with a smug smile on her face, and from time to time she would sit back and take a sip of powder, "You should try it."

The silver-haired orc sighed, finally defeated, and took a sip as Shen Huaijin wished.Fortunately, the taste of the sour bamboo shoots remains in the soup after being boiled, and it just looks more crisp and refreshing, and it is not bad after tasting.

With all the expectations for the future and the peace of mind, Yan Ji's footsteps are getting closer.

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